Biography
Brian Kopenspanger was a Navy Nuclear Power School student in Orlando who sought conscientious-objector discharge. After returning from AWOL April 7, 1982 and refusing the uniform, the two sailors were confined pending court martial and transferred to a Jacksonville brig. The contemplated courts martial were dropped and honorable discharges followed.
Brian Kopenspanger was a Navy Nuclear Power School student in Orlando who sought conscientious-objector discharge. After returning from AWOL April 7, 1982 and refusing the uniform, the two sailors were confined pending court martial and transferred to a Jacksonville brig. The contemplated courts martial were dropped and honorable discharges followed. Pretrial military confinement reported; contemplated courts martial dropped. No completed duration or physical discharge day supplied.